Natural Heritage imprint: 143 books
A Gentleman of Substance
The Life and Legacy of John Redpath (1796-1869)
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2006
A Gentleman of Substance covers the remarkable life of John Redpath. Born to humble circumstances in Scotland in 1796, he emigrated to Canada in 1816 to become a stonemason in Montreal. By 1818 he had his own building and contracting firm and was working on the Lachine Canal as well as much construction...
Broadway North
The Dream of a Canadian Musical Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2006
Did you know that the idea behind the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes was first tried out in Toronto? That Canada produced the world’s longest-running annual revue? Few people realize the Canadian influences that are at the heart of American and British culture.
Author Mel Atkey’s research...
The Frances Smith
Palace Steamer of the Upper Great Lakes, 1867-1896
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2005
The Frances Smith was not only the first steamboat to be built in Owen Sound, but also the largest vessel on Georgian Bay at that time. By far the most luxurious vessel to sail the Upper Great Lakes from a Canadian port, she was known as a "palace steamer." In the mid-to-late-19th century,...
Four Degrees Celsius
A Story of Arctic Peril
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2012
This true story began in August 1929. A group of eight prospectors, led by C.D.H. MacAlpine of the Dominion Explorers, flew into the Arctic in search of mineral wealth. Grossly underequipped, the expedition ran out of fuel and was stranded above the Arctic Circle. Within days, Western Canada Airways...
Two Billion Trees and Counting
The Legacy of Edmund Zavitz
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Edmund Zavitz (1875–1968) rescued Ontario from the ravages of increasingly more powerful floods, erosion, and deadly fires. Wastelands were talking over many hectares of once-flourishing farmlands and towns. Sites like the Oak Ridges Moraine were well on their way to becoming a dust bowl and all...
by Bryan Prince
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2012
In the early to mid-nineteenth century, Isaac Brown, a slave, was accused of the attempted murder of a prominent plantation owner, despite there being no evidence of his guilt. Brown, after enduring two brutal floggings, was shipped to a New Orleans slave pen. From there the resourceful Brown was...
Whatever Happened to Mary Janeway?
A Home Child Story
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Sixteen-year-old Mary Janeway, a home child, is desperate to escape from her rural home child placement and flees to London, Ontario, to find a domestic position. When conditions become unbearable, she moves on, vowing never to relinquish her freedom again.
After she arrives in Hamilton as...
Winisk
On the Shore of Hudson Bay
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 1997
The northern community known as Peawanuck (Cree for Flint) is located approximately 32 kilometres up river from the former village of Winisk on the shore of Hudson Bay. There, prior to a devastating flood on May 16, 1986, the First Nations residents of Winisk had carried on with a traditional lifestyle...
Orangeville
The Heart of Dufferin County
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2006
The Town of Orangeville has a colourful, exciting past – a history being documented in book form for the first time. From the early days of the Irish pioneers escaping the political problems of Ireland to the present influx of new residents fleeing the pressures of cities, Orangeville has been a...
The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860
An Account from Letters, Diaries and Newspapers
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1996
This is the remarkable story of the trail that became the longest street in the world, as officially recognized by The Guinness Book of Records. Begun in 1794, Yonge Street was planned by the ambitious Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe as a military route between Lake Ontario and Lake Huron....
From Burleigh to Boschink
A Community Called Stony Lake
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2000
From Burleigh to Boschink: A Community Called Stony Lake covers over a hundred years of human history, encompassing the Aboriginal Peoples, their presence and influence, early settlement and cottaging activity up to the present time. Family stories, local lore, boats and steamers, recreational opportunities,...
The Canadian Kings of Repertoire
The Story of the Marks Brothers
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2001
The Marks Brothers may well have been the most remarkable theatrical family in Canadian history. A phenomenon on the vaudeville circuit, the seven brothers left the farm and took to the boards and the footlights throughout the latter part of the 19th century and into the 1920s. The brothers from Christie...
Bon Echo
The Denison Years
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1997
Bon Echo: The Denison Years documents the era when famous artists, intellectuals and theatrical personalities visited the strikingly beautiful Lake Mazinaw area in Ontario's rugged Land O' Lakes district, to both play and work. From the construction of Bon Echo Inn by American Dr. Weston Price to...
Bowmanville
A Small Town at the Edge
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1997
William Humber’s Bowmanville: A Small Town at the Edge is an extraordinarily detailed, often affectionate and occasionally critical account of a modern small town on the edge of a rapidly expanding metropolitan region. The book recounts stories from the time of Charles Bowman, the potential ambition...